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Ewe
Factory:
Derby Porcelain Factory
Proprietor:
Planché, Andrew
(Probably)
Soft-paste porcelain, moulded, with partly dry-edge, painted over lead-glaze in pale green, yellow, dark pink, red, pale reddish-brown, grey, and black enamels
Soft-paste porcelain, moulded, with partly dry-edge, painted over lead-glaze in pale green, yellow, dark pink, red, pale reddish-brown, grey, and black enamels. The underside is unglazed and has a small circular ventilation hole. The oval low mound base is decorated with a dark pink and yellow applied flower and two leaves at the front, a flower and three leaves at the back, and one leaf between the ram's feet. It rises up in the centre into a cylindrical support. The ewe stands in profile to left, with its right hind leg off the ground, and its head turned to the viewer. Its body and head are decorated with six black and reddish-brown areas of wavy fleece, its horns are grey, and its mouth red. The support is decorated with a dark pink rose, and an orange flower and leaves.
History note: Private collection sold at a sale in Hove or Brighton about September 11 1922; purchased by Mr W. Parton ?, 44 Waterloo Street, Hove, from whom purchased by Glaisher on 15 September.
Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest
Height: 9.0 cm
Length: 9.9 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
18th Century, Mid#
Circa
1750
-
1755
The ewer was derived from a Meissen model.
Decoration composed of enamels ( pale green, yellow, dark pink, red, pale reddish-brown, grey, and black)
Lead-glaze
Soft-paste porcelain
Moulding
: Soft-paste porcelain, moulded, with partly dry-edge, painted over lead-glaze in pale green, yellow, dark pink, red, pale reddish-brown, grey, and black enamels
Lead-glazing
Accession number: C.3073B-1928
Primary reference Number: 42650
Old object number: 3936
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Ewe" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/42650 Accessed: 2024-12-22 09:15:59
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